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Israeli Lobby May Cost GOP Election

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:06:55 PM
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All of the remaining Republicans in the presidential race except one are set to go to war against Iran over Israel.  Primary voters are now left with a choice between Romney and Paul, the remaining contenders Gingrich, Santorum and Perry being necessary only to keep Sarah Palin out of the race.  Paul represents the German anti-war tradition in America.  Perry and Santorum may soon drop out leaving a three man race going into Super Tuesday.

As it stands now, Romney is the heir presumptive.  If he wins the Republican nomination, Obama will have a clear advantage because the American people are overwhelmingly in favor of peace and against war after what happened on 9/11.  This is not to say that Obama would not attack Iran if he wins a second term.  His pro-Palestinian outlook however would likely deter him from siding with Israel in the event that hostilities were to break out.

In order to beat Obama, Romney would have to make clear to the American people that he is against going to war with Iran and risking further bloodshed at the expense of benefiting Israel, something which Romney is unlikely to do.

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Gingrich's "Mea Culpa" not Convincing

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:20:13 PM
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Newt Gingrich's explanation of why he took money from Freddie Mac will not help him win the Republican presidential nomination.  Even if J.C. Watts had come out, in response to the Romney Super PAC ads in Iowa, saying that Gingrich's compensation was not a quid pro quo for favors received, everyone knows that the $1.6 million paid to Gingrich's company was a waste of taxpayers' money.  The fact that other congressional and government retirees were doing the same thing taking money from Fannie and Freedie, as pointed out by Ann Coulter, only reinforces the true public perception that this was all part of Washington's culture of corruption, or prostitution, which the Tea Party was set up to overthrow, not reward.  Did Gingrich honestly expect that Freddie would take his not-so-cheap advice to stop making bad loans to sub-prime deadbeats?

Calling to mind Paul Krugman's defense of his high priced consulting fees from Enron, who stated of the advisory panel "had no function that I was aware of" and that his role was "just another brick in the wall".
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Putting America's House in Order

Posted by Mike on Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:57:42 PM
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America is in deep trouble.  Mitt Romney has shown considerable proficiency in firing workers during his tenure at Bain Capital.  What the people want to know is whether he can demonstrate the same skills working with a Republican Congress using a meat ax in slashing government budgets, existing government pensions, and unnecessary government jobs without creating more money?  In this context, Gingrich's advice is well taken.  Any government employee, including court Justices and Judges, who diminish or negate citizens' rights are already violating the law and should be summoned before Congress to explain their actions, and fired if necessary by the chief executive using his inherent constitutional authority.  The states should then follow suit to put their own economic houses in order with each governor acting as sovereign.

Will Romney do what is necessary to default or otherwise welch on the national debt while there is still time?  Will he be willing to drastically downsize government and start from scratch to rebuild America, now that the Fed and Treasury Department have already trashed our credit rating through expansion of the money supply and bank bailouts?  Will he be willing to forego war and let Iran and Israel duke it out between each other?  These are questions that must be answered before electing Romney as our next president.

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Gutfield's Conspiracy Theories

Posted by Mike on Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:13:02 PM
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Does Fox's Greg Gutfeld even know what a conspiracy is?

He questions what he calls "conspiracy theories" of "9-11 Truthers", a media designation for anyone including reputable scientists who challenge the official conspiracy put forward by the government and written into the 9-11 Commission Report.  So we are supposed to believe every hoax just because the government says that it is true?  Is Gutfeld a Nazi or what?

A conspiracy is whenever two or more people agree to commit a crime.  The government has told us that Osama bin Laden and a number of Islamic males in the US conspired to hijack airplanes and fly them into buildings including the Pentagon and New York's Twin Towers, and that others including KSM helped plan the attack.  This is the official government conspiracy theory.  Gutfeld is defending this conspiracy theory.  How do we know that Gutfeld is not on the government payroll to propagate this ridiculous conspiracy theory, and to make anyone questioning it look like an idiot, as a way of flaunting the government's arrogance, saying in effect "we are everything and you are nothing", in murdering upwards of 2000 Americans whose lives it is for government to protect, not kill?  That is the same question Gutfeld suggests, turned upside down, with regard to the scientific evidence presented by those questioning the official conspiracy theory.

Merely questioning what happened on 9/11 does not rule out the possibility or likelihood that Muslims did in fact intend to do bad things to Americans at that time.  But is the official conspiracy theory the whole story?  The government conspiracy theory also only raises more questions without providing answers.  Was anyone else involved besides the ignorant Muslim hijackers?  What about the Five Dancing Israelis?  Why were they let go?  Are they now on Fox's "The Five"?

Gutfeld, Beck, O'Reilly and the other 9/11 Truth-Deniers label those who question the official version "Truthers" because they themselves are afraid or incapable of confronting truth.  It's called invincible ignorance, something which they lack the capacity to understand.

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Murdoch's WSJ Wrong about Super PAC Ads

Posted by Mike on Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:53:58 PM
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Capitalist media pundits are now complaining that Gingrich suffered a drop in poll numbers and may have lost Iowa because of pro-Romney TV and radio ads.  So what?  This is a free country.  People can say anything they want.  If the public does not like the ads, they are free to turn them off.  That's capitalism, right?   

The court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC is on target.  All four of the conservative wing voted along with Justice Kennedy in supporting the decision.  Mainstream media want to be sole deciders of what information is available to the masses.  WSJ and the others present a slanted view of the world.  They have that right under our Constitution.  So do the PACs and Super PACs.  The internet has already put a big dent in their ability to mold public opinion.  Now this.

Ads such as Hillary: the Movie and King of Bain are vitally necessary to encourage public discourse.  How else would the public be informed that a bunch of capitalist losers and hypocrites are running this nation's government, economy and mass media?

Iowa voted by caucus.  Most caucus voters had not made up their minds at the time polls showed that Gingrich was ahead.  Each district allowed presentations by all of the candidates or their representatives.

BCRA's restrictions on direct contributions to individual candidate' campaigns are reasonable in limiting the power of wealthy con artists to buy elections, and should not be repealed ever.  Now that the First Amendment liberty interest has been upheld by the court, we are back on a level playing field, and let the chips fall where they may.

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Looking Beyond the Present

Posted by Mike on Friday, January 13, 2012 3:35:41 PM
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The question now becomes, which candidate is least likely to take America into a war against Iran, or engage in other unjust military occupations?

The two most immediate concerns are war which would bankrupt America, and socialism which would destroy human freedom.  What is necessary is acceptance of Gospel values.  The central European countries most successful in withstanding and overturning communism were historically Catholic Austria, Hungary, Chechia, Slovakia and Poland.  Germany was cut in half.  All of these nations now have viable market economies. 

The idea that capitalism will somehow save America is crazy.  Greed and avarice never do any good for anyone.  People act in their own self-interest regardless.  What is good and in agreement with Christ should be kept; the rest discarded.

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Caylee's Paternity again Questioned

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:44:59 PM
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The latest news is that Casey Anthony is now claiming that Caylee was conceived through rape.  Geraldo is repeating the mantra that DNA from both her brother Lee and her father George was tested by the FBI, and that both Lee and George were excluded from being Caylee's father.  Geraldo says that the 2008 FBI tests were requested by prosecution counsel.  This agrees with chief prosecutor Mr. Ash's objection at trial wherein he contends that defense questioning and FBI testimony creates an inference that the tests were done as a result of a criminal investigation.

Looking at the actual trial video, the conversation with the judge outside of the presence of the jury, which was recorded on tape, did not exclude the possibility of George being the father.  It is my recollection that Lee's test excluded him as the father, whereas George's test was determined to be inconclusive, and sent to a higher level at the lab according to what the FBI analyst Heather Seubert said to the judge, not being sworn testimony at the trial, and that she was then told by a "higher up" that George was also excluded as the father, again without testifying to this under oath.  Defense counsel Jose Baez, perhaps the most reviled man in America, shrewdly did not ask the analyst about the possibility of George being Caylee's father, knowing that she herself had no firsthand knowledge of the second stage test results or their reliability, and that there was no testimony under oath to exculpate George as Caylee's father.  Check out the video.

If in fact the FBI tests were conducted at the prosecution's request, is it not possible that an agreement was reached that if George were found to be the father, it would not be disclosed and that George would not be prosecuted for incest, because that might blow the prosecution's whole case against Casey, as in fact did actually happen?

It is looking more and more like a Florida frame-up of Casey Anthony.

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Bain Capital

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:16:46 PM
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In politics, a defeat by an incumbent is essentially the same as receiving a pink slip from the American people for whom office holders work.  Mitt Romney's statement that he likes to hand out termination notices is applicable to the upcoming elections.  If we don't like the way office holders are misappropriating our money, we have every right to hand them pink slips at election time.  That is how our system works.

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War Is a Big Deal

Posted by Mike on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:58:47 PM
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Whether or not a viable third party candidate emerges, the Republicans are poised to blow the election for the sin of putting capitalism ahead of justice.  Ron Paul rightly upholds the principle of no war unless Congress first declares war.  This does not apply in the case of military actions such as Obama took in Libya to protect civilians whose lives are immediately threatened by their own government, in which case the president as Commander in Chief may, in his own discretion, order limited military strikes.

The nation is moving in the direction of war against Iran.  Obama has chosen to delay the process through imposing more severe economic sanctions.  Obama may later request Congress for a declaration of war if indeed our national security is at risk.  The other Republican candidates have shown an unwillingness to obey the law in this regard, and would probably initiate hostilities against Iran leading up to war without a congressional declaration.

War and peace trump social issues and the economy in this election, although peace cannot endure unless we get our house in order by showing reverence to God as a nation.

Mitt Romney is a devout Mormon who happens to believe that if elected president he himself would have the authority to take out Iran's nuclear capability militarily, independently of Congress.  In this he is mistaken.  He cannot win against Obama on economic issues while leading America further down the road of war which will cripple America economically.

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Paul Is Anti-Romney

Posted by Mike on Monday, January 09, 2012 12:41:38 PM
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Excect for Ron Paul, all of the Republican candidates are like peas in a pod, more or less indistinguishable on important policy issues, differing little from Obama.  Paul is the only candidate offering a clear conservative alternative for those who do not like Mitt Romney.

In some ways, this primary season has become like the movie "Revenge of the Nerds".  The high school kids with the highest SAT scores were treated like Rodney Dangerfield getting no respect.  Finally in college, they figured out a way to get even with the bullying jocks, and in so doing, winning the hearts of sorority girls.

In today's world, nerdy kids such as Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, and Ellison went on to head multi-billion dollar corporations, changing the way the world does things and thereby becoming masters of the universe.

In the political world, the bullying media tries to make it look like values-oriented Americans are out of touch.  Today, Ron Paul is the only candidate willing to challenge fate and rise above the world's expectations through the power of love.
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First Things

Posted by Mike on Sunday, January 08, 2012 2:55:36 PM
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There is nothing like a war to get people focusing on the really important things in life.  God, family, local community are what keep America united.

Given his underdog status, Ron Paul was the clear winner of the New Hampshire debate last night.  Ironically, if Paul is not elected president, America will likely be engaged in yet another war.  The signs are already clear.  America seems doomed to undergo a crucible transformation to affirm our birthright as one nation under God.
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The Bogeyman Theory of History

Posted by Mike on Saturday, January 07, 2012 8:27:13 PM
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Joseph McCarthy was reviled for confronting the very real communist threat to America and Europe in the last century.

Today, there is a concerted effort to conjure up bogeymen in order to draw peace-loving Americans into foreign wars.  Some have even made a career out of selling war to the American people as a good brand of foreign policy.  The people are not buying it.  America has had enough of war.

With many voters still undecided, Ron Paul stands a good chance of winning in New Hampshire and going on to win the Republican nomination.  His candidacy will give voters a clear choice in November, which will be smaller government and individual freedom versus an all-powerful government regulating every aspect of a person's life from cradle to grave.

Don't let the bogeymen stop you from voting for Ron Paul.

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Wars and Rumors

Posted by Mike on Friday, January 06, 2012 1:29:07 PM
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Widespread speculation abounds that Obama may try a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities before the upcoming election in November to rally the nation around himself personally.  To understand how ridiculous that is, consider that Israel has the most to gain by starting a war between the US and Iran, and that obviously Obama detests Netanyahu and vice versa.

Obama's narcissism and lust for power will never cause him to act like foolhardy neo-conservatives expect.  He understands quite well that going to war against Iran after losing in Afghanistan and Iraq would be the stupidest mistake in US history.  As all egomaniacs from Caesar to Adolf Hitler, Obama cares deeply about his "legacy".

What could possibly prompt the neo-cons to make these absurd allegations?

Ron Paul represents a real challenge to neo-conservative ideology that has dominated our government since 2001.  If Paul wins either as the Republican nominee or as a third party candidate, he will expose neo-conservatism as a sham.  America will not go to war against Iran, Iran will have a nuclear device for its own self-defense vis-á-vis Israel, and none of the adverse consequences heralded in MSM will actually transpire.  There will be peace in our time.

At this stage in the game, Paul is realistically the only hope of denying Obama a second term this year.  In a two man race between Paul and Obama, Paul would win.  Obama wins against a weak conservative.  In a three man race, Paul could win or force the election to a House vote by states, thereby guaranteeing victory to either himself or the Republican nominee.

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Keeping America out of War

Posted by Mike on Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:22:40 PM
Ann Coulter is again supplying misleading information, implying that Michele Bachmann dropped out and Gingrich, Santorum and Paul cannot win the Republican nomination because each was or is "only a congressman" (sic).  In fact, most Iowans could not vote for Bachmann because she is "only a woman" and no woman in the history of the Republic has ever won an election for President or VP.  While Gingrich's chances are slim, Santorum could conceivably win the  nomination.  Coulter has chosen to inject religion into the equation.  Looking at history, Kennedy and Nixon were both "only a Congressman".  Both were elected president in the last century.  Kennedy was Catholic and was elected president.  No Mormon has ever been elected president.

Does anyone seriously believe the media garbage that Republicans being nice to Ron Paul and his campaign supporters will stop Paul from launching a third party bid, or that his age will keep him out of the race?  Does anyone believe that a promise by Romney not to invade Iran unless first attacked by Iran will have any substance?  If it comes down to a choice between another needless war and either winning or risking handing Obama a second presidential term, will not Paul the Patriot rise to the occasion while he still has time to prevent America from making another tragic mistake?
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Is Electability Really the Issue?

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:01:58 PM
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Ann Coulter basically views 2012 as a two person race between the Republican nominee and Barack Hussein Obama.  She therefore supports Mitt Romney as having the best chance to beat Obama. 

But there is another scenario overlooked by the MSM in which a third party run by Ron Paul could deprive Obama of a majority of electoral votes needed to win, by taking Independent and disaffected Democrat votes away from Obama, and bringing in new voters primarily those thirty something or under.  Paul could also conceivably win as a third party candidate if he gets enough swing votes to put him over the top.

Currently there are 242 Republicans and 198 Democrats as House Members in the 112th Congress with one vacant seat.

It is not so much a question of electability.  The real question is whether Paul can win enough electoral votes to deprive Obama of a majority, virtually guaranteeing victory in 2012 for the Republican nominee whomever that may be.

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